- select (adj.)
- 1560s, from Latin selectus, past participle of seligere "choose out, select," from se- "apart" (see secret) + legere "to gather, select" (see lecture (n.)). The noun meaning "a selected person or thing" is recorded from c.1600. New England selectman first recorded 1640s.
- select (v.)
- 1560s, from select (n.). Related: Selected; selecting.